Before everyone tells me it's Verizon or my phone hardware, please note that every one of these problems began with iOS 17 and some with iOS 17 "updates". NONE of these issues occurred previously on my 13 Pro. Also, the phone was sent to Apple for a new battery. It was given a clean bill of health back in November, after the iOS update.
1. When opening the Phone app after it's been closed, my voicemails disappear and can take several seconds to reappear.
2. New voicemails often come late, sometimes hours late.
3. Mail "All Inboxes" can take up to 10 seconds to propagate, even when repeating the procedure (swipe left, then select "All Inboxes").
4. While e-mail notifications come through fairly quickly, downloading the message can take 20 - 30 seconds or more with attachments.
5. E-mail message previews show up right away but selecting that message now takes time to load.
6. Declining calls is impossible without unlocking the phone. Hitting the Power Button twice, worked fine in iOS 16, now only silences the ringer. While wearing a headset, it keeps ringing in my ear and I have accidentally answered calls when I grab my phone to perform another task.
*Edit: This was a setting change (Thanks ManuCH) however why Apple set this to default is beyond me.
7. Though this occurs rarely and randomly, I'll loose service for no reason. I can be at my desk and suddenly have no service. Two iPhones next to each other, one has full service and one has none.
8. Siri. I...hate...Siri. Why oh why did Siri loose what little functionality it had in iOS 16. It's calling the wrong people, giving me useless information and is activating at the wrong times. If my hands weren't always tied up with work, I'd probably just turn it off. It typically takes me 3+ attempts to get Siri to get it right.
Again, every one of these issues began with the iOS 17 update and have continued, and, in some cases, worsened, since the release.
Yes, I reset the network settings... several times. Yes, I'm sure that many of you don't have these problems, yet I can't understand why iOS and Mac Sonoma are so...terribly...bad. Sonoma may get its own post but the phone bugs are really... bugging me.
Rant, over. Period.
1. When opening the Phone app after it's been closed, my voicemails disappear and can take several seconds to reappear.
2. New voicemails often come late, sometimes hours late.
3. Mail "All Inboxes" can take up to 10 seconds to propagate, even when repeating the procedure (swipe left, then select "All Inboxes").
4. While e-mail notifications come through fairly quickly, downloading the message can take 20 - 30 seconds or more with attachments.
5. E-mail message previews show up right away but selecting that message now takes time to load.
6. Declining calls is impossible without unlocking the phone. Hitting the Power Button twice, worked fine in iOS 16, now only silences the ringer. While wearing a headset, it keeps ringing in my ear and I have accidentally answered calls when I grab my phone to perform another task.
*Edit: This was a setting change (Thanks ManuCH) however why Apple set this to default is beyond me.
7. Though this occurs rarely and randomly, I'll loose service for no reason. I can be at my desk and suddenly have no service. Two iPhones next to each other, one has full service and one has none.
8. Siri. I...hate...Siri. Why oh why did Siri loose what little functionality it had in iOS 16. It's calling the wrong people, giving me useless information and is activating at the wrong times. If my hands weren't always tied up with work, I'd probably just turn it off. It typically takes me 3+ attempts to get Siri to get it right.
Again, every one of these issues began with the iOS 17 update and have continued, and, in some cases, worsened, since the release.
Yes, I reset the network settings... several times. Yes, I'm sure that many of you don't have these problems, yet I can't understand why iOS and Mac Sonoma are so...terribly...bad. Sonoma may get its own post but the phone bugs are really... bugging me.
Rant, over. Period.
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